Beer run in La Mesa leads to scuffle

LA MESA  La Mesa police are looking for a man and two teenage boys involved in a Sunday beer run that resulted in minor injuries.

Authorities said the store manager of Eastridge Liquor Store, 7705 University Avenue, had a bloody nose while one of the assailants bled from a facial injury.

Police said two boys in their mid-teens and a man a few years older entered the store and stashed beer in a backpack about 5 p.m. The manager tried to detain the trio as they were trying to leave, but the adult fought back with a knife, and the three fled. The store manager was not stabbed but had suffered a bloody nose.

Police described the adult attacker as a 170-pound, 5-foot 9-inch black man. He wore a doo-rag over his hair, and a black shirt with black jeans.

The second assailant was a white juvenile, between 14 and 15 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall , 140 pounds with black hair. He wore a white shirt, brown jacket, jeans and was carrying a blue backpack.

The last person also was a white male juvenile with similar build. He wore a blue shirt and blue jeans.